About the Book: The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi
This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of
Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God
and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, mans
ultimate becoming, the states and stations of the mystical ascent to God, and
the means whereby literature employs symbols to express "unseen" realities.
William Chittick translates into English for the first time certain aspects of
Rumis work. He selects and rearranges Rumis poetry and prose in order to leave
aside unnecessary